This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Isager Baby
- weight
- sport
- thickness
- 300 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 50 g
- fibre
- 68% Alpaca, 32% Cotton
- in Australia
- listed by 2 Australian shops we track
closest first
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 50g
· 80% Alpaca, 20% Merino
- nothing we can measure would feel different
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 50g
· 72% Mohair, 28% Silk
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- shinier
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 50g
· 50% Linen, 27% Alpaca, 18% Cotton, 5% Merino
- cooler
- more hard-wearing
- less soft next to skin
sport
· 260 m/100g
· 50g
· 70% Alpaca, 23% Nylon, 7% Wool
- thicker: 260 m/100g against 300 -- expect a 13% difference in yardage needed
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 100g
· 70% Merino, 30% Linen
- crisper, with less halo
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk
· 250 m/100g
· 50g
· 56% Alpaca, 44% Cotton
- thicker: 250 m/100g against 300 -- expect a 17% difference in yardage needed
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 25g
· 100% Cashmere
- warmer
- springier
- less hard-wearing
- sold in 25g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 25g
· 100% Cashmere
- warmer
- springier
- less hard-wearing
- sold in 25g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 310 m/100g
· 40g
· 40% Merino, 30% Cotton, 30% Brushtail Possum
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more matte
- sold in 40g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
how this was worked out
Thickness comes from metreage per 100 g, which is a measurement. Fibre behaviour - warmth, halo, springiness, drape - is scored per fibre and blended by proportion, so a merino and a Bluefaced Leicester read as near neighbours while a merino and a cotton do not, even at the same gauge. Where a record is thin, the match is discounted rather than quietly flattered, and the gap is named above.
Yardage is always rounded up. If we ever sell you the yarn and the number is short, the extra skein is on us, from your dye lot.